It is true that Escape is the silliest and most anachronistic of the franchise, just as Curse was sillier and more anachronistic than the first two (Tales hovers somewhere between 2 and 3, I think). Whether either of them crosses the line into too silly and anachronistic depends, I guess, on your own personal taste.

This is technology that we still do not have (certainly not to the extent shown in the game). It's futuristic technology. By your logic, it's perfectly acceptable to have a Monkey Island game where Guybrush travels up to a space station in another galaxy and engages in combat with a bunch of aliens by using his trusty laser pistol.

If you can't see the distinction between the two then I don't know what else to tell you.

In the 17th century Caribbean, it's ALL futuristic technology, so no I don't see the difference. Are you saying that once we advance to the point where we have large robots, the monkey robot in Escape will be ok?

In the 17th century Caribbean, it's ALL futuristic technology, so no I don't see the difference. Are you saying that once we advance to the point where we have large robots, the monkey robot in Escape will be ok?

Okay fine, I've said my piece on the subject. Enjoy your Monkey Island game with nano-technology, lightsabres, Mecha-Godzilla, Flash Gordon, a fleet of interstellar battle cruisers, terminators and a robot the size of the Empire State building shooting EMP lightning bolts from it's eyes.

Honestly, why is it some people can't appreciate that things aren't black and white, they're shades of grey. It's not "all or nothing"!